A while ago I was looking for something in the Daily Show archives--I don't remember what, specifically--when I came across this interview with conservative pundit Bill Kristol from 2009, before the Affordable Care Act went into effect, and healthcare reform was the main topic of conversation ( Read more... )

I was basing my criticism of the fact that he interviewed RWBBB on The Daily Show on the fact that Jon Stewart never interviewed Glenn Beck. However, I've learned from The Daily Show: The Book, which I received as a Christmas present, that Jon Stewart actually invited Glenn Beck onto The Daily Show, and Glenn Beck turned him down ( Read more... )

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Hey! Trevor Noah! Are you paying attention? He's talking to you, too.

And don't try to dodge it by saying you're not a "real" news show. Seth didn't specifically say "news media"; he just said "media," and you're a part of that.

So please--PLEASE!--in the name of all that is decent, stop interviewing hatemongers like Tomi Whatever-her-last ( Read more... )

Just in case there were some people who didn't watch the interview who would like to: it's in two parts, so I don't feel like embedding it ( Read more... )

I was just on the Daily Show website trying to find out if the "Benjamin Franklin" who just got married is the same one who once shared a Philly cheesesteak with Rob Corddry, and I think so, but I can't find the actual video so I've stopped caring.

But they're featuring other "patriotic" themed videos today, and I particularly like this one:

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Excellent coverage from the Daily Show yesterday about the legalizing of same-sex marriage in California:

First, I want to say congratulations to George Takei (Star Trek's Sulu) and his adorable new husband. And because Jon ridiculed the "heartless, insulated, myopic grandstander[s]" protesting the same-sex marriages, I can forgive him for the ( Read more... )

I actually have a lot of exciting things that happened over the last week to talk about, but unfortunately, I also have a paper due on Friday. So I suppose I should probably work on that ( Read more... )

...you're so delightfully dysfunctional.

I wanted to find the interview with Roger Ebert that Jon did right before he hosted the Oscars the first time, but I couldn't find it under the search terms "Roger Ebert" or "Roger Ebert interview ( Read more... )

Of course, there are many, many, many, MANY reasons why we should impeach Bush and Cheney; they've abused their power, they've over-stepped their authority, they've flouted the Constitution, they've lied and manipulated and so besmirched their offices, and therefore responsible citizenship, human decency, and plain old common sense dictate that ( Read more... )

Again, as much as I sympathize with the striking writers, and as much as I hope they can soon resolve their grievances equitably and come back to work, I have to say that I really like the Daily Show as much without them, because with them gone we get more of Jon Stewart's righteous indignation ... and I looooooooove Jon Stewart's righteous ( Read more... )